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Making Science

Argues that although the focus of scientific research, the rate of scientific advance, and indeed the everyday making of science are influenced by social variables and processes, the content of the core of science is constrained by nature.

Contents

Nature and the content of science; constructivist problems in accounting for consensus; constructivist problems in demonstrating causality; luck and getting an NSF grant; consensus in the natural and social sciences; evaluation and the characteristics of scientists; is science universalistic?; conceptualizing and studying particularism in science; social influences on the rate of scientific advance; the future of the sociology of science. Appendix: the COSPUP NSF Peer Review Experiment.

Specifications

Pm Supplier	Wiley & Sons Ltd
Pm Publisher	Harvard University Press
Pm Isbn 10	0674543440
Pm Isbn 13	9780674543447
Pm Publication Date	1995-12-31
Pm Width	154
Pm Height	234
Pm Author	Cole, Stephen
Pm Longness	0

Between Nature and Society
Key Info: 3 illus
Author: Cole, Stephen
Page Count: 304
Publication Date: 1995-12-31